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OpenLink’s IRM announced yesterday it’s first deal and implementation in Russia. The announcement can be found here. OLF has been actively engaged in trying to sell into Russian power markets as they deregulate for some time along with European vendor Navita, who a couple of years ago tied up a deal with a Russian SI to help them enter the market. OLF says;

Around three years ago, I met with Wolfgang Ferse of IRM at E-World in Essen to discuss OLF’s acquisition of IRM. I was keen and interested to understand the integration strategy and how the two companies would work together (see that IssueAlert in our archives here). I also remarked that the acid test, according to Dr. Ferse, was both the “cultural fit and the degree of happiness with IRM’s key staff with the arrangement and the successful integration of the two product suites.”